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Launcher Error

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2026 5:50 am
by Mightyowl8091
Hello,

Was recently trying to play Octowow when I tried opening the launcher but have continuously gotten this error blocking my launcher:

Update check failed: Cannot parse update info from latest.yml in the latest release artifacts (https://octowow.st/launcher-updates/lat ... =1k18jdvur): YAMLException: end of the stream or a document separator is expected (14:19) 11 | <script src="/bf.jquery.max.js"></script> 12 | <style> 13 | html, body { 14 | background: #212121; ------------------------^ 15 | color: #FAFAFA; 16 | margin-top: 10%; at generateError (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\js-yaml\lib\loader.js:183:10) at throwError (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\js-yaml\lib\loader.js:187:9) at readDocument (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\js-yaml\lib\loader.js:1645:5) at loadDocuments (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\js-yaml\lib\loader.js:1688:5) at Object.load (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\js-yaml\lib\loader.js:1714:19) at Object.parseUpdateInfo (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\out\providers\Provider.js:82:28) at GenericProvider.getLatestVersion (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\out\providers\GenericProvider.js:23:35) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) at async NsisUpdater.getUpdateInfoAndProvider (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\out\AppUpdater.js:319:19) at async NsisUpdater.doCheckForUpdates (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\out\AppUpdater.js:333:24), rawData: <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Just a moment please...</title> <meta name="description" content=""> <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:100,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstr ... ap.min.css"> <script src="/bf.jquery.max.js"></script> <style> html, body { background: #212121; color: #FAFAFA; margin-top: 10%; font-family: 'Roboto'; } img.brand { display: block; opacity: .95; max-height: 85px; margin: 0 auto; opacity: .80; } h1.message { text-align: center; margin-top: 45px; font-weight: 100; font-size: 20px; text-transform: uppercase; opacity: .9; color: #E0E0E0; line-height: 30px; } h1.message a:link { text-decoration: none; color: #E0E0E0; font-weight: 300; } span.loading { text-align: center; display: block; font-size: 45px; margin-top: 45px; color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 0.5); </style> </head> <body> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <span class="loading"> <a href="http://blazingfast.io" target="_blank"> <img src="data:im

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it did not fix this issue. Anyone know something that could fix this? Thanks!

Re: Launcher Error

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2026 1:24 pm
by Weisseskind
I'm having the same exact issue. I assume it's related to the recent DDOS attacks.

Re: Launcher Error

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2026 4:00 pm
by Mightyowl8091
Found a fix for the launcher! I looked around on the forums and saw other people had the same issue. Uninstall the launcher and delete the current installer for the launcher on your computer. Then go to Octowow's website and download the launcher installer again. After that it should work!